Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Counseling on Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Weight: A Secondary Analysis of the BP-CATCH Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Pediatric obesity and hypertension are highly correlated. To mitigate both conditions, provision of counseling on nutrition, lifestyle, and weight to children with high blood pressure (BP) measurements is recommended.

Objective

To examine racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of nutrition, lifestyle, and weight counseling among patients with high BP at pediatric primary care visits stratified by patients' weight status.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a post hoc secondary analysis of the BP-CATCH study, a matched, stepped-wedge cluster randomized clinical trial investigating the best methods to screen children with high BP measurements and manage their care. Urban, suburban, and rural pediatric primary care practices across the US with a multi

SUBMITTER: Heo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780477 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature